OTTAVA RIMA Meaning of OTTAVA RIMA in English [ ɒˌtα:və'ri:mə ]■ noun a form of poetry consisting of stanzas of eight lines of ten or eleven syllables, rhyming abababcc .OriginC18: from Ital., lit. 'eighth rhyme'. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004